(Associated Press) “Boucher says Malloy’s administration has transferred $184 million from the special transportation fund”

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A broken railroad bridge that has snarled the commutes of hundreds of thousands of Connecticut commuters has become the latest flashpoint in a political fight over transportation funding.

State Sen. Toni Boucher, the ranking Republican senator on the legislature’s Transportation Committee, says Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration has transferred $184 million from the special transportation fund since the Democrat took office in 2011.

Malloy’s office disputes Boucher. Although the administration removed $76.5 million in 2014, it deposited nearly $381 million the same year. The governor’s office said it has steadily increased funding from gas tax revenue, from $10.5 million in 2004 to $379 million this year.

Rep. Tony Guerrera, co-chairman of the Transportation Committee, said the argument is almost moot. He says the fund is insufficient to fix Connecticut’s many transportation problems.